On Thursday, April 21, 2016, Huey Perry will present “Published Works of Huey Perry” in the Archives and History Library of the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Perry’s first book, “They’ll Cut Off Your Project”: A Mingo County Chronicle (1972), looks at local politics and a War on Poverty project in southern West Virginia in the 1960s. It was listed as one of the top ten political books of the year by Saturday Review. His second book was Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry (1974), the story of the stripper from West Virginia who was involved with Louisiana Governor Earl Long.
Huey Perry obtained a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Berea College, where he was vice president of the student association. In 1958, he received a master’s degree in political science from Marshall University. Perry began his career as a high school teacher in Mingo County and in 1965 became director of the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project. He also has been an inventor and businessman.
Participants may park behind the Culture Center after 5:00 p.m. on April 21 and enter the building at the back loading dock area. There also is limited handicapped parking available in the new bus turnaround.
For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
